Sunrise in Hither Green!

 I recently worked on a beautiful 1920's house in Hither Green. It is a wonderful privelage to get such a good canvas of panels to work on because you know they will completely transform the space.

Here is the before shot...

The customers wanted an Art Deco feel to the house but with more colour than you normally get with classic Art Deco sunburst designs. 

Here the colours are pasted up for the door panel and for the sun the customers chose an usual vintage glass that was reclaimed from an Edwardian House. 

Beautiful glass but not so great as a whole sheet.

The door panel leaded up.

For the fanlights we adapted some quirky Kees Keiler birds from a 1920's design. 

The original Kees Kuiler design below...

Sadly there does not seem to be much information about Kees Kuiler on the web.

Fanlight with 20's font.

The complete set!

Photo courtesy of E Sharp.

I love recycling glass and in the wings of the birds and dotted around the suns rays are some vintage glass used in reclaimed panels that were adapted for the film Black Widow featuring Scarlett Johansson and shown in the background of her sisters flat.

Happy Christmas!

 A Very Happy Christmas and Here's hoping for a brighter, peaceful 2023 

Penguin impression!

Stairwell Sensation!

 I recently completed this set of 4 stairwell panels. I have creatively photoshopped this image - can you spot the difference?! 

A summers day in the winter...

If you live in a period style home and are reluctant to make too many changes to the most visible areas, a small space in a bathroom or kitchen is an ideal opportunity to branch out and have something that you really want. This design has been adapted to fit so many different shapes over the years and its uplifting nature never fails to give pleasure. For this job there was an added bonus in that we recycled some original green glass from another window into the leaves in the new panel. 

The original design was based on an Art Nouveau set of panels from Barcelona...

A few of the adaptations ..

Jazzy Design

This bright and cheerful design was based on a customer photo which we adapted to fit 2 door panels. The background streaky glass was cut from a single sheet of glass and all the streaks needed to run through the pattern. The glass came from a supplier Hartley Wood, no longer in existence so a little extra pressure! The other glasses were chosen for their brightness and light catching sparkliness!

Photo courtesy of Dariush Faria

Southwark Fire Station

Restoration of the 'FIRE' lamp for this grade 2 listed building (or buildings!). Built in the 1870's it has a fascinating history SOUTHWARK FIRE STATION, Non Civil Parish - 1385916 | Historic England, and established the prototype for London Fire stations in the 1880s. It was the first headquarters for the Metropolitan Fire Brigade and the home of the first Chief Officer, Captain Sir Eyre Massey Shaw. The buildings are currently being redeveloped as flats.

Photo courtesy of Nick Ancient

One lamp waiting it's light fixture.

Geometric Style

This lovely simple design is called a boxed quarry. The glasses are a mix of new and vintage textured  glasses to blend in with the existing fanlight. Although a traditional Victorian design it can really look very contemporary...

Photos Courtesy of John Stevens.